Twine-holder



(No Model.)

H. A. KEYES.

TWINE HOLD-ER.

No.455,439. Patented July 7,1891.

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HERBERT A. KEYES, or LA GRANGE, ILLINOIS.

TWINE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,439, dated July 7,1891.

Application filed March 14, 1891. Serial No. 385 ,060. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT A. KEYEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at La Grange, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Twine-Holders, which arefully set forth in the following specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure 1shows my improved twine-holder in perspective. Fig. 2 shows the same invertical section through its vertical axis. Fig. 3 shows the weight inplan view, and Fig. at shows said weight in side elevation. Fig. 5 showsthe tension device 0 attached to the stem 0. Fig. 6 shows a commontwine-holder I attached to the stem 0 by means of a hook m.

Like letters refer to like parts.

The object of my invention is to produce a twine-holder for stores andlike places in which the end of the string will be in such a position asto avoid all liability of its being entangled with objects near it andthus be drawn out and wasted, and yet be readily accessible; and toattain said ends I construct my said improved device in substantiallythe following manner, namely: I provide a tubular stem 0, ranging inlength from about two to three feet, more or less, as needs may demand,and of internal diameter sufficient to freely pass a double-length twinebetween it and a weight carried and sliding on said string within thetube. The upper end is suspended by a ring it or otherwise supported,and to the lower end of said tube is attached a-twine-.

vice 0 attached to and turning horizontally on the stem 0. The stem 0has holes 6 near its upper end, which are connected by a cut or kerff;The twine is passed through. said kerf into the holes 6, the part jpassing up to and the part 7' down from said holes e. Upon said twine,so arranged,is placed a weight d, forming a short cylinder'withflattened sides 01 and of which the lower end has two notches d at rightangles to each other. Said weightis then dropped into the top of thestem onto said string, which will enter one of said set of notches d.When the parts j and 7' are released, the weight (i will sink to thebottom of the tube, or until it strikes one of the cross-bars z, andthus draw up both of said parts j and but for the purpose of giving moremotion to the outer or free end j of the string the tension device 0 isapplied, having an ear provided with a hole 0, through which theupward-moving part j of the twine is passed. Said tension device whenmoved around increases the distance between the holes I) and c, andconsequently the frictional resistance of the part j, which may thus bemade to hold its place fixedly while the weight 01 falls, and thus movethe part 7' only and give to it twice the motion it would have it both jand j moved'together. The weight may also be mounted on the string byinverting the stem and passing the string into the holes 6 elaterallythrough the slot f, after which the string is released and the stemerected, when the weight will mount the string. Of course the spaceabove the string or slot must be high enough to hold the entire weightbeyond or above said slot, so as not to interfere with the stringpassing through the slot. The bars z' may be attached to the stem 0 byany known means, as by boring holes through it for the rods to passthrough. 0n the ends of said rods tare fixed suitable stops or balls 2"to keep the hookso, on which the bags 7.; are hung, from slipping oif.

WVhat I claim is- 1. The combination, with a tubular stem having atwine-holder with a hole b attached to its lower end and holes 6 6connected by a slot f near its upper end, of a notched weight in saidstem adapted through said notches to ride on the string, substantiallyas specified.

2. The combination, with a tubular stem having a twine-holder with ahole I) attached to it at its lower end and holes e (2 connected ICO bya slot f near its upper end through which its upper end, of a Weightnotched on its sides to pass a string, of a tension device adapted andat its lower end to pass the string and to turn on the axis of said stemand guide ride upon it, substantially as specified. the string,substantially as specified. HERBERT A. KEYES.

5 3. The combination, with a tubular stem \Vitnesses:

having a twine-holder attached to its lower- WM. ZIMMERMAN, end andholes e 6 connected by a slot f near W. J. TAYLOR.

